NO CASH BENEFITS FROM CASINO ATM S.B. 1432 (S-2):
FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 1432 (Substitute S-2 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)
Sponsor: Senator Bill Hardiman
Committee: Banking and Financial Institutions
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Social Welfare Act to require the Department of Human Services (DHS) to work with providers of automatic teller machine (ATM) suppliers who were willing to participate, to create and implement a program or method of blocking access to cash benefits from Michigan Bridge Cards at ATMs located in casinos or casino enterprises.
If the DHS required a Federal waiver to implement these provisions, the Department would have to apply for that waiver immediately upon the bill's enactment.
"Casino" and "casino enterprise" would mean those terms as defined in the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act. (That Act defines "casino" as a building in which gaming is conducted. "Casino enterprise" means the buildings, facilities, or rooms functionally or physically connected to a casino, including any bar, restaurant, hotel, retail establishment, or arena or any other facility located in a city under the control of a casino licensee or affiliated company.)
Proposed MCL 400.57v Legislative Analyst: Suzanne Lowe
FISCAL IMPACT
State: For the ATMs whose providers were willing to participate, the cost to the Department of programming the ATMs to block cash assistance payments in casinos would be minimal (estimated at a few thousand dollars). However, for those providers not willing to participate, the Department likely would not be able to block ATMs from dispensing DHS cash benefits payments at casinos.
Local: The bill would have no fiscal impact on local government.
Date Completed: 9-14-10 Fiscal Analyst: Kathryn Summers
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb1432/0910